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  • One critic used the word "literate" to describe this novel, and I think it is a fair compliment. Brooks's familiarity with our world and the lack of many common scare tactics (except for in the opening) made this book strangely plausible once you accepted its premise. My disbelief was suspended co ... Continue

    One critic used the word "literate" to describe this novel, and I think it is a fair compliment. Brooks's familiarity with our world and the lack of many common scare tactics (except for in the opening) made this book strangely plausible once you accepted its premise. My disbelief was suspended completely and since I'm a military man, that's something for a book about politics and military response to disaster.

    

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• ― WingmanX said on Feb 19, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • One of the most unique and interesting things I've read in a long time. I highly recommend it! :)

    

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• ― Deanna Kyre said on May 21, 2009 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • World War Z

  • This book, set in our near future, is very unique and very memorable. Max Brooks' ruminations on the population's response (on both an individual level and a national level) to a presumed catastrophe of this magnitude are scarily realistic and believable. The story is told in the format of interv ... Continue

    This book, set in our near future, is very unique and very memorable. Max Brooks' ruminations on the population's response (on both an individual level and a national level) to a presumed catastrophe of this magnitude are scarily realistic and believable. The story is told in the format of interviews with survivors of a world-wide zombie attack which gives the book the feel of a mocumentary and gives a whole new meaning to the term Generation Z.

    

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• ― Readingrat said on Aug 7, 2008 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • First class!

  • I'm not much of a horror reader, but this book makes me want to explore the genre more.

    

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• ― Silent said on Jun 23, 2008 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • I can't say enough about how much I enjoyed this one. It kept me up far too late and I pretty much never put it down once I started it. I am forcing everyone I know to read it.

    

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• ― dalai lala said on Dec 29, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • The full cast of the audiobook made this a great "read". It really added that personal element to each account that I heard was somewhat lacking in the paper version.

    

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• ― Kevin Kuphal said on Jun 6, 2007 about the Audio CD edition| Add your feedback

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